Regulations, Rules, and Notices

49 CFR Part 655

Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations

Final Rule: This final rule is issued to
revise sections of the Alcohol and
Controlled Substances (D&A) Testing
regulation to reflect recent amendments
to the law. The final rule also includes
technical corrections to the D&A testing
regulation to more clearly explain
existing compliance requirements,
update regulatory terms, and remove
repealed statutory provisions.

Final Rule: The Department of Transportation is amending its drugtesting program regulation to add hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone to its drug-testing panel; add methylenedioxyamphetamine as an initial test analyte; and remove methylenedioxyethylamphetamine as a confirmatory test analyte. The revision of the drug-testing panel harmonizes DOT regulations with the revised HHS Mandatory Guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Federal drug-testing programs for urine testing. This final rule clarifies certain existing drugtesting program provisions and definitions, makes technical amendments, and removes the requirement for employers and Consortium/Third Party Administrators to submit blind specimens.

Notice: ATTENTION: HHS-Certified Laboratories, MRO Certification Entities, and NLCP Inspectors - This Notice is a reminder that the 2014 Federal Custody and Control Form (CCF) expires on June 30, 2018. After that date, the 2017 Federal CCF must be used and laboratories must treat the use of the expired Federal CCF as a correctable discrepancy.

Published in the Federal Register on 9/27/2011 is the Department of
Transportation’s Final Rule regarding the use of the Federal Drug Testing
Custody and Control Form (CCF). Importantly, the Final Rule extends the
deadline for use of the old CCF until November 30, 2011, and finalizes
procedures for use of the new CCF.

Interim
Final Rule: This IFR provides instructions to employers, collectors,
laboratories, and Medical Review Officers (MROs) for use of the new Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form
(CCF), and it offers a technical amendment to laboratories regarding mandatory
reporting of confirmed positive drug / drug metabolite quantitations to MROs.
The effective date of this IFR is October 1, 2010.

Final Rule: This rule authorizes employers to disclose to State CDL authorities
the drug and alcohol violations of employees who hold CDLs and CMVs, when a
State law requires such reporting. This rule also permits TPAs to provide the
same information to State CDL licensing authorities where State law requires the
TPAs to do so for owner-operator CMV drivers with CDLs.